"The failure of law enforcement in the OPT has led many Palestinians to refrain from filing complaints when attacked. Those who do have little hope for redress."

"Importantly, the State's ongoing failure to instate criminal accountability of violent settlers inadvertently empowers them and supports the continuation of their strategic brand of violence."

In mid-November, Yesh Din published data on police investigatory failures. In "cases of ideological offenses against Palestinians."

Based on 1,045 files. In 2005 through most of 2014, "a mere 7.4 percent of investigation files led to indictments of Israeli civilians suspected of attacking Palestinians and their property, reflecting a decline of approximately one percent in the rate of such indictments."

Rare convictions amount to little more than wrist slaps. Regardless of crimes committed.

Most often cases are closed because of police indifference. "(F)ailure to investigate properly," says Yesh Din.

Including "failure to locate offenders or collect sufficient evidence for prosecution."

In contrast, Palestinians are charged with crimes based on fake evidence. Often kept secret.

"An examination of the data for 2013-2014 demonstrates that the newly established Nationalistic Crimes Unit in the Samaria & Judea District Police has not improved investigations of Israeli civilians suspected of offences against Palestinians in the West Bank."

"The failure rate of the Israel Police in properly investigating ideological offenses against Palestinians has in fact worsened."

"Of the investigative files Yesh Din has monitored, 159 were opened following complaints filed in 2013-2014."

"The authorities charged with investigation and prosecution have completed processing 106 of these files."

"Suspects were charged in just two files (1.9 percent). Meanwhile, 86 files were closed on the grounds of 'perpetrator unknown…"

"(S)even were closed due to 'insufficient evidence…(T)wo additional files were closed due to 'absence of criminal culpability.' "